CVE-2026-69793 Windows TCP/IP Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
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Released: Sep 8, 2026
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Improper validation of consistency within input in Windows TCP/IP allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.
The following table provides an exploitability assessment for this vulnerability at the time of original publication.
What kind of security feature could be bypassed by successfully exploiting this vulnerability?
Successful exploitation could bypass network access controls that restrict which remote IPv6 traffic an application accepts. This could allow traffic from a source that should have been blocked to reach the affected application.
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